mugtang Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 2 Quote thelawlorfaithful, on 31 Dec 2012 - 04:01 AM, said:One of the rules I live by: never underestimate a man in a dandy looking sweater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSanDiegan Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Was just reading about this. Here's the TRAPPIST-1 website. According to BBC, that's now 3,449 planets logged in NASA's database. But this find sounds like it has the potential to be special. From the above website: Quote "Thanks to the transit signals we could measure the orbital periods of the planets and could calculate the sizes of the planets. The exact time at which the planets transit also provide us with a means to measure their masses, which leads to knowing their densities and therefore their bulk properties. The planets are consistent with a rocky composition. We found that the planets have sizes and masses comparable to the Earth and Venus. Because we know the distance of the planets to their star, and the temperature of the star, we can deduce that they receive an amount of light that is similar to many of the planets in the Solar system, from Mercury to beyond Mars." Approx. relative distance to their star (from BBC): 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfmanhalfbronco Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 This is a big deal. https://www.nasa.gov/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugtang Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 1 hour ago, TheSanDiegan said: Was just reading about this. Here's the TRAPPIST-1 website. According to BBC, that's now 3,449 planets logged in NASA's database. But this find sounds like it has the potential to be special. From the above website: Approx. relative distance to their star (from BBC): I was reading that you would receive 200x less light on I.e. But the same amount of energy because how close the planet is to the sun. This is really cool. Quote thelawlorfaithful, on 31 Dec 2012 - 04:01 AM, said:One of the rules I live by: never underestimate a man in a dandy looking sweater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonkee Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrofade Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I was reading about this yesterday and I totally geeked out over it. This is some of the biggest space news in a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrofade Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 The Trappist-1 system is about 12 parsecs from us.... WHO WANTS TO GO ON THE KESSEL RUN!?!?!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWRebel Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Once we get the James Webb Space Telescope in space in late 2018 we will start learning a lot more about these planets. It's main job will be to study the atmosphere's of exoplanets. Exciting times ahead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJSUMFA2013 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Obligatory: http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page6.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son of a gun Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 So, Mass Effect Andromeda is real? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crixus Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugtang Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Google put out this Doodle yesterday. Quote thelawlorfaithful, on 31 Dec 2012 - 04:01 AM, said:One of the rules I live by: never underestimate a man in a dandy looking sweater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roswellcoug Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 If you could hie to Kolob... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
